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Create a test script that takes the default performance test (the Git codebase) and multiplies it by 256 using four layers of duplicated trees of width four. This results in nearly one million blob entries in the index. Then, we can clone this repository with sparse-checkout patterns that demonstrate four copies of the initial repository. Each clone will use a different index format or mode so peformance can be tested across the different options. Note that the initial repo is stripped of submodules before doing the copies. This preserves the expected data shape of the sparse index, because directories containing submodules are not collapsed to a sparse directory entry. Run a few Git commands on these clones, especially those that use the index (status, add, commit). Here are the results on my Linux machine: Test -------------------------------------------------------------- 2000.2: git status (full-index-v3) 0.37(0.30+0.09) 2000.3: git status (full-index-v4) 0.39(0.32+0.10) 2000.4: git add -A (full-index-v3) 1.42(1.06+0.20) 2000.5: git add -A (full-index-v4) 1.26(0.98+0.16) 2000.6: git add . (full-index-v3) 1.40(1.04+0.18) 2000.7: git add . (full-index-v4) 1.26(0.98+0.17) 2000.8: git commit -a -m A (full-index-v3) 1.42(1.11+0.16) 2000.9: git commit -a -m A (full-index-v4) 1.33(1.08+0.16) It is perhaps noteworthy that there is an improvement when using index version 4. This is because the v3 index uses 108 MiB while the v4 index uses 80 MiB. Since the repeated portions of the directories are very short (f3/f1/f2, for example) this ratio is less pronounced than in similarly-sized real repositories. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks